On the web, the *istD image appears to be far superior. There is considerably more detail, and it looks sharper. Paul
> William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Subject: Re: P67 vs D1s -- photo.net > > He should have chosen the EF50/1.7 and the SMCP 105/2.4 for > his test. > > And he should have gotten a high end optical print made from > the > > film, rather than a scan. > > Hi everybody, > > About this topic, I performed a film vs. digital test while in > Prague. > I shot the same scene with both the LX and the *istD, using the > M 20/4, set at infinity, planning to do a optical print from the > slide film (a Fuji Provia 100F) and a digital (still from a wet > process, though) print from the *istD file. I made a 30x45cm > (12x18'') print from the slide and a 20x30cm (8x12'') from the > *istD file, to have the same magnification and thus comparable > details on the two final prints. > Last step was a couple of 600dpi scans of the buildings (note > that the details are quite small compared to the actual print). > The pictures shown are 100% crops of those details: > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder.tcl?folder_id=137823 > > I tried to reduce the differences in the colours of the two (the > original *istD file - and print - was a bit more yellowish), to > better show the differences in grain and resolution. The *istD > file had also been modified with a slight sharpening and > darkened (still in order to match more the slide) before > printing. > From what I can see, the *istD image shows a little more fine > details, although there is a certain loss in the saturation of > some colours (the slide was quite dark compared to the digital > picture, so it may have preserved better the colours in the > highlights of the scene). > The print from the slide costed me 18 Euros (what is that now, > US$ 23, right?) and the (smaller) print from the file 2 Euros. A > 30x45cm print from the file (that I made anyway, with good > results) was 5 Euros (US$ 6.50). > What do you think? > > Ciao, > > Gianfranco > > > > ===== > _ > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail >
